Do The Mess Around chords by Chubby Checker

Chords with lyrics

Dance the Mess Around:Chubby Checker.
#24 in 1961.

INTRO:
DmDm
Bout this dance called the Mess Around..
C majorC
Baby, dig what I'm puttin' down.

#1.
    F7F7
You can Pony with Tony, Twist with Mr. Lee,
  C majorC
but if you're gonna Mess Around, Mess Around with me.

#2.
    F7F7
Do the Shimmy with Jimmy, Hucklebuck with Dee,
  FF
but if you're gonna Mess Around, oh, baby, Mess Around with me.

CHORUS:
    Bb majorBb
All the other dances you are free,
    C majorC
but you better save, the last dance for me.

#3.
    F7F7
You can Cha Cha with Charlie, Stroll with Stagger Lee,
  FF
but if you're gonna Mess Around, Mess Around with me.

#4.
FF
You can Pony with Tony..boogety, boogety, boogety shoot.

(INTERLUDE:SAX:)

#5.
F7F7
Hey, do the Twist with Mr. Lee..round and around and around.
Bb majorBb
Round and around and around and around..
FF
Round and around and around and around..hey!
  Bb majorBb
but if you're gonna Mess Around, you better,
FF
Mess Around with me.

CHORUS:
    Bb majorBb
All the other dances you are free,
    C majorC
but you better save, the last dance for me.

#6.
F7F7
Hully Gully with Harry, Slop for Pop, or flee..
  FF
but if you're gonna Mess Around, hear me? Mess Around with me.

OUTRO:
FF
Do the Birdland with Birdie, do the Birdy with Ernie..
 FF
Watusi with Susie, Twist with my little Sis..(Fade.)


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